STUDENT SUCCESS ACT
Amendments
Enact (H.R. 5), H4629, H4679, H4680, H4693, H4694, H4696, H4697, H4698, H4705, H4706, H4707, H4708, H4710, H4711, H4714, H4715, H4716, H4717, H4718, H4720 [18JY], H4731, H4732, H4734, H4736, H4738 [19JY]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (see H.R. 5), H3250 [6JN]
Enact (H.R. 5): consideration (see H. Res. 303), H4597 [17JY]
Factsheets
Jackson Lee Amendment to H.R. 5, Provisions, on Dept. of Education Report on Advisability of State Education Authorities Closing School Districts, H4735 [19JY]
——— North Forest, TX, Independent School District, H4735 [19JY]
Letters
Native Hawaiian Education Act reauthorization: Camille Rockett, H4693 [18JY]
——— Dee Jay Mailer, Kamehameha Schools, H4691 [18JY]
——— Jane R. Best, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (organization) Pacific Center for Changing the Odds, H4691 [18JY]
——— Joe Fraser, Kaho‘wai—Center for Adult Teaching and Learning, H4692 [18JY]
——— Ka‘iulani Pahi’o̅, Na̅ Lei Na’ auao Native Hawaiian Charter School Alliance, H4692 [18JY]
——— Lisá Boyce, Dolores Doré Eccles Center for Early Care & Education, H4693 [18JY]
——— Momi Akana, Keiki O Ka Aina Family Learning Centers (organization), H4691 [18JY]
——— Taffi Wise, Kanu o ka ‘A̅ina Learning ’Ohana (organization), H4692 [18JY]
——— Taffi Wise, Kanu o ka ‘A̅ina New Century Public Charter School, H4692 [18JY]
——— Wendy Roylo Hee, Native Hawaiian Education Council, H4692 [18JY]
Provisions: Anita Christy, Gilbert Watch (Internet site), H4624 [18JY]
——— Barbara Trader, TASH (organization), H4704 [18JY]
——— Carol Clesceri, H4624 [18JY]
——— Curt Decker, National Disability Rights Network, H4701 [18JY]
——— Deborah A. Ziegler, Council for Exceptional Children, H4702 [18JY]
——— James H. Wendorf, National Center for Learning Disabilities, H4703 [18JY]
——— Jess Butler, Autism National Committee, Inc., H4703 [18JY]
——— Karen K. Garza, Fairfax County, VA, Public Schools Superintendent, H4628 [18JY]
——— Katherine Beh Neas, Easter Seals, Inc., H4702 [18JY]
——— Laura Kaloi, Cindy Smith, and Katherine Beh Neas, Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities Education Task Force, H4699 [18JY]
——— Marty Ford, The Arc of the U.S. (organization), H4703 [18JY]
——— several Collaboration To Promote Self-Determination (organization) national partners, H4700 [18JY]
Motions
Enact (H.R. 5), H4808 [19JY]
Remarks in House
Dept. of Education: allow charter schools to use Federal funds for professional development, teacher training, instructional materials, and minor facilities costs, H4716, H4717 [18JY], E1098 [19JY]
——— allow local educational agencies to enter contracts with other organizations to implement programs for at-risk-youth, H4706, H4707 [18JY]
——— allow redistribution of education funds to allow such funds to follow low-income students to the school of their choice, H4736–H4738 [19JY]
——— allow State and local educational agencies to use multiple measures to identify school academic performance, H4705, H4706 [18JY]
——— award grants for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs, H4805 [19JY]
——— clarify that Federal funds may be used for teacher professional development in computer science education, H4715, H4716 [18JY]
——— clarify that States that do not accept Federal funds are not required to comply with Federal education mandates, H4720 [18JY]
——— encourage States to include the number of enrolled public secondary school students attaining career and technical education proficiencies in its annual State report card, H4706 [18JY]
——— English language learner programs funding, H4694 [18JY]
——— ensure continued support for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian education programs, H4690–H4693, H4695 [18JY], H4813 [19JY]
——— ensure educational opportunities for children with disabilities, protect children from abusive seclusion and restraint practices, protect children from sexual predators, and protect athletes from concussions, H4812, H4813 [19JY]
——— ensure Family Engagement Centers target services to low-income students and families, H4718 [18JY]
——— establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools, H4612 [18JY]
——— exempt local educational agencies serving high percentage of students from families with income below the poverty line from changes to funding formula, H4710, H4711 [18JY]
——— increase percentage of low-income student assistance funding reserved for outlying areas and the Dept. of the Interior, E1107 [22JY]
——— make certain consolidated school districts eligible for payments, prohibit mid-year adjustments for student counts, and make the current construction program a competitive grant program, H4719 [18JY]
——— prohibit Federal funds to State and local educational agencies who facilitate the transfer of an employee they know or have probable cause to believe has engaged in sexual misconduct, H4733, H4734 [19JY]
——— prohibit Federal mandate requiring States to institute teacher evaluation programs, H4709, H4710, H4712 [18JY]
——— prohibit grant funds from bypassing States and going directly to local school districts, H4711, H4712 [18JY]
——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education, H4612 [18JY]
——— report on advisability of State education authorities closing school districts over local opposition, and the monitoring, supervising, and controlling of underperforming school districts, H4734–H4736 [19JY]
——— require State educational agencies to consult with private sector employers and entrepreneurs as part of education plan and require appointment of representatives from private sector to peer-review process, H4697 [18JY]
——— require States receiving insufficient grants to prioritize funding for schools serving neglected, delinquent, migrant students, English learners, at-risk students, and Native Americans, H4696, H4697 [18JY], E1099 [19JY]
——— restore cap on percentage of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities participating in alternate assessments, H4698, H4699, H4703 [18JY]
——— restore greater authority and governance to local educational agencies, strengthen opportunities for parental input, and assess affect of regulations on local school districts, H4707, H4708 [18JY]
——— submit a report listing average salary of employees whose jobs are eliminated due to program consolidation and the average salary of employees according to job function, H4720, H4721 [18JY]
——— support professional development for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, H4715 [18JY]
Education: ensure States and local educational agencies maintain rights and responsibilities of determining educational curriculum, programs of instruction, and assessments for elementary and secondary education, H4694–H4696 [18JY], E1098 [19JY]
——— restore State sovereignty over public education and parental rights over the education of their children, H4731, H4732 [19JY]
Enact (H.R. 5), H4321 [10JY], H4475 [11JY], H4532 [17JY], H4607, H4610, H4619–H4722 [18JY], H4730, H4731–H4814 [19JY], H5076 [25JY], E1097, E1098, E1099 [19JY], E1107, E1110, E1111 [22JY], E1116 [23JY], E1136 [25JY], E1147 [26JY], E1193 [1AU]
——— consideration (H. Res. 303), H4610–H4619 [18JY]
——— corrections in engrossment, H4814 [19JY]
——— motion to recommit, H4812, H4813 [19JY]
Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools, H4612, H4615, H4616 [18JY]
——— require criminal background checks for school employees, H4733 [19JY]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 5, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 303) (H. Rept. 113–158), H4597 [17JY]
Provisions: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 5) (H. Rept. 113–150), H4482 [11JY]
Texts of
H. Res. 303, consideration of H.R. 5, provisions, H4610 [18JY]